Old Woman River (Ontario)
The Old Woman River is a river in Algoma District of Ontario, Canada, which empties into Old Woman Bay on Lake Superior south of Wawa. It flows through Lake Superior Provincial Park.
The river follows a fault which became a spillway for glacial meltwater following the last ice age. The river's valley has extensive deposits of sand and gravel. At its mouth, the river bends sharply behind a beach berm, that has formed as a result of prevailing westerly winds, which in turn causes lake waves to dam the river's mouth with sand.
Towering cliffs along the bay have been home to peregrine falcons.
The name for the bay and river come from a rock formation near the river's mouth that resembles the face of an old woman.
See also
References
- ^ "Old Woman River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ Bob Turner; Marianne Quat; Ruth Debicki; Phil Thurston (2015). "Lake Superior Provincial Park - On the Geological Shores of the World's Largest Freshwater Lake" (PDF). Natural Resources Canada and Ontario Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
External links
Media related to Old Woman River (Canada) at Wikimedia Commons
 | This article related to a river in Northern Ontario, Canada is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |